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The boy in the striped pajamas [electronic resource] / John Boyne.

Boyne, John, 1971- (Author). Maloney, Michael. (Added Author).

Summary:

Guaranteed to spark discussion and debate--this is a tale of two young boys experiencing the Holocaust from different perspectives and getting caught up in terrible events entirely beyond their control. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating

Record details

  • ISBN: 0739348280 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • ISBN: 9780739348284 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Listening Library, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 4:58:01.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Michael Maloney.
System Details Note:
Requires OverDrive Media Console
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 71399 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) > Juvenile fiction.
Concentration camps > Poland > Juvenile fiction.
Nazis > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Juvenile fiction.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) > Fiction.
Concentration camps > Poland > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Nazis > Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Fiction.
Genre: DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK.
Audiobooks.
Historical fiction.


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